Disorder effects on the static scattering function of star branched polymers

• Дата: 2012
• Автори: Blavatska, V., von Ferber, C., Holovatch, Yu.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2012
• Назва видання: Condensed Matter Physics
• Онлайн доступ: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/120174
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Цитувати: Disorder effects on the static scattering function of star branched polymers / V. Blavatska, C. von Ferber, Yu. Holovatch // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2012. — Т. 15, № 3. — С. 33603:1-17. — Бібліогр.: 47 назв. — англ.

We present an analysis of the impact of structural disorder on the static scattering function of f-armed star branched polymers in d dimensions. To this end, we consider the model of a star polymer immersed in a good solvent in the presence of structural defects, correlated at large distances r according to a power law ~r-a. In particular, we are interested in the ratio g(f) of the radii of gyration of star and linear polymers of the same molecular weight, which is a universal experimentally measurable quantity. We apply a direct polymer renormalization approach and evaluate the results within the double ϵ = 4 - d, δ = 4 - a-expansion. We find an increase of g(f) with an increasing δ. Therefore, an increase of disorder correlations leads to an increase of the size measure of a star relative to linear polymers of the same molecular weight.